Main Performers | Mr Gerald W E Loder (President of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations), Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister), Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords), Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, The Duchess of Atholl - speakers
Miss Carmen Hill - vocal, Mr H L Balfour - organ |
Set List | 'There's A Land', Allitsen (Miss Carmen Hill), 'Heart of Oak', 'Rule Britannia', 'Charlie Is My Darling', 'The Banks O' Loch Lomond', 'The Last Rose of Summer', 'The Minstrel Boy', 'The Land of My Fathers' Entrance to Stage of Speakers, 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Miss Carmen Hill, audience) Presentation of bouquet to Mrs Baldwin (Lady Louise Loder), Welcome (Mr Gerald Loder), Address (Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin) Resolution (Lord Curzon of Kedleston), Resolution Seconded (Mr Neville Chamberlain), Thanks (Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin), Thanks (Duchess of Atholl)
'God Save The King' (The National Anthem), Organ: 'Imperial March', Elgar (H L Balfour), Quartet: 'John Peel' (The Gresham Singers), Quartet: 'Forester Sound The Cheerful Horn', Bishop (The Gresham Singers) |
Performance Notes | Admission was free by invitation.
Review in The Times, 5 December 1924, page 8. The review estimates at least 9,000 people attended the meeting and has a full transcipt of Baldwin's speech. The articles makes it clear that the stewards at the meeting were composed entirely of members of the Junior Imperial League. The article also states that, 'a huge portrait of Mr Baldwin was displayed in front of the pipes of the great organ, and the hall was decoarted with banners bearing watchwords of the recent election, such as 'Confidence, Contentment, Comradeship', and 'Ordered progress, not revolution."
The resolution moved was: 'That this meeting of representatives of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Assoications, assembled from all parts of the United Kingdom, congratulates te Right Hon. Stanley Baldwin, M.P., upon the result of the recent General Election and upon his appointmnet as Prime Minister. It further desires to express its appreciation of the great services he has rendered to the Conservative and Unionist cause and its entire confidence in him, and assures him of the most loyal support.' |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1924/51) B&W photograph of Stanley Baldwin and Mrs Baldwin in the Hall |